BALDWIN D o w n t o w n R e v i t a l i z a t i o n I n i t i a t i v e Local Planni ng Committee Meeting 4 F e b r u a r y 2 5 , 2 0 2 0 Baldwin LIRR, Newsday October 2014, Ian J. Stark
Agenda • Welcome • Meeting Goals • DRI Workplan and Schedule • Update on Outreach Efforts • Vision and Goals • Results of LPC Project Grouping • Proposed Preliminary Project List • Next Steps • Public Comments
MEETING GOAL Meeting Goal(s) Build consensus on the preliminary project list to be presented at the upcoming community meeting.
Do any LPC members need Conflict of to make a disclosure? Interest Recusal 1. Fill out the recusal form if you are Form recusing yourself from engaging on a specific project(s) where you have a conflict . 2. Return the Forms to Abi Rudow
Deliverable LPC Meeting Workplan & Schedule Community Meeting PHASES OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR Downtown Assessment Vision, Goals, Strategies, Downtown Profile and Assessment Stakeholder Outreach and Project Identification Preliminary Project List Project Definition and Evaluation Final Project List & Project Profiles Project Selection and Plan Approval Final DRI Investment Plan
• Town mailer sent to property owners within the DRI boundary Outreach Update • Consultant team coordination with project applicants, property owners, and municipal agencies Since the last LPC meeting on January 29, ongoing outreach efforts included • Community updates via DRI further discussions with the following website, and social media project applicants: Malkin Appliances Mixed-use • Community meeting scheduled for Baldwin Community Clinic and Health Center 803 Foxhurst Road Mixed-Use March 11 2410 Grand Avenue Mixed-Use Baldwin Business Center 775 Brooklyn Avenue Amendola Property Pathmark Site 1891 Grand Avenue Delicious Moments Caterers 2283 Grand Ave
Baldwin DRI Vision The Baldwin community envisions its downtown as a thriving, vibrant, and pedestrian-friendly mixed-use corridor along Grand Avenue and Merrick Road, anchored by the Baldwin Long Island Railroad Station. Baldwin residents are diverse and engaged and have long recognized the potential for Downtown Baldwin to become a place where residents, commuters, and visitors want to live, work, shop, dine, and recreate. Through investments in public infrastructure, strategic leveraging of private development opportunities, and building on a foundation of its existing assets, Downtown Baldwin will thrive as a center of activity and sustainable economy that the community needs and has long been working toward.
Baldwin DRI Goals Goal 1 Goal 2 Goal 3 Goal 4 Enhance and beautify Implement public Leverage publicly- Strengthen the physical the cultural, realm improvements and economic owned properties, new recreational, and to provide a safe and development, and resiliency of the entire community assets of welcoming private investment Baldwin community by the DRI Area to environment for supported by the promoting mixed-use transform downtown pedestrians, Baldwin Mixed-Use growth, sustainable Baldwin to an active bicyclists, and transit and resilient Overlay District to and vibrant center that riders, and to support promote public infrastructure, high serves the needs of a future growth in enhancements and quality retail offerings, diverse and engaged Baldwin. infrastructure and a variety of citizenry. improvements for the housing opportunities in the downtown. Baldwin community.
Project Identification Process Build Consensus Preliminary LPC And Community Eliminate Projects Call For Projects Review Of Input On Projects That May Not Be Final Project List Project Proposals Viable And Develop Preliminary Project List December - January February - April November – January December – February December - March
Methodology • Qualitative exercise designed to inform the LPC’s development of the Preliminary Project List • Goal was to begin to narrow down the projects submitted through the call for project process • Each LPC member individually grouped each project into one of the four categories. Comments were also provided by LPC members and considered by the consultant team • Results for each project were organized into a spreadsheet • Projects were placed into group A, B, C, or D based on majority grouping and the LPC’s comments
• Transformative • Supported by the • Limited Support • Likely to be and Supported by LPC but may not From the LPC and not Recommended the LPC be the best fit, or Likely to be by the LPC but ready for DRI Recommended for Additional Funding DRI Funding Details are Needed
• Implementation of Green Infrastructure/Storm Resiliency 7 • Baldwin Chamber of Commerce Placemaking • Malkin Appliances Site Renovations • Baldwin High School Gateway Improvements • Merrick Road Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Improvements 7 • 800 Merrick Road Redevelopment Projects The LPC • 775 Brooklyn Avenue Transit Oriented Development Supports And Classified As Transformative PROJECTS
• Baldwin Dog Park 10 • Baldwin Business Center • Façade Improvement Revolving Loan Fund - Two Fronts Initiative • Façade Renovation and Digital Sign • Enhance Commuter Amenities Projects The LPC • Downtown Marketing or Branding Effort Classified As • Baldwin LIRR Station Plaza Likely To Be Recommended • Food Business Incubation and Grocery But Additional PROJECTS • Improve Connectivity across Sunrise Highway Details Are • Pedestrian Walkway Improvements Needed
1 Project In This Group Is Proposed To Be Removed From Further PROJECTS Consideration Food Business Incubation and Grocery No Project Sponsor, No Location
• Baldwin Downtown Public Art Project • Baldwin Public Library Interior Renovation 3 • Baldwin Historical Society and Museum Property Projects The LPC Classified As Supported But May Not Be The Best Fit Or Ready PROJECTS For DRI Funding
1 Project In This Group Proposed For Further Discussion PROJECTS Baldwin Public Library Interior Renovation One Of The More Project Ready Submissions, Would The LPC Support A Scaled Back Funding Request?
• Coach Diner Signage and Lighting • Non-Profit Economic Development Loan Fund 9 • Baldwin Public Library Plaza Enhancement and Reactivation • Recreation Center • Arts and Cultural Center • Baldwin Cultural Arts Center Projects The LPC • Kellogg House Community Space Improvements Classified As • Sunrise Trail and Sunrise Highway Pedestrian Having Limited Improvements Support And Not Likely To Be • Retail Development and Historic Preservation Fund PROJECTS Recommended For DRI Funding
9 Coach Diner Signage and Lighting Baldwin Public Library Plaza Enhancement and Reactivation Projects In This No project sponsor Incorporated into Façade Group Proposed Improvement Program To Be Removed From Further Consideration PROJECTS LPC indicated that this project should be funded through a different funding source. Non – Profit Economic Development Loan Fund Recreation Center Greater LPC support for Façade No project sponsor Improvement Loan Fund
9 *Arts and Cultural Centers Sunrise Trail and Sunrise Highway Pedestrian Improvements Projects In This Minimal support from LPC and No project sponsor art component incorporated into Group Proposed Downtown Art Project To Be Removed From Further Consideration PROJECTS continued *Arts and Cultural Center, and Baldwin Cultural Arts Retail Development and Historic Kellogg House Community Space Center Preservation Fund Improvements More support for other loan fund Minimal LPC Support
PROPOSED DOWNTOWN STRATEGY • Focus funding on the area around the LIRR • Create a new public plaza to activate the downtown • Create a critical mass of people living within a half mile radius of the LIRR through investments in TOD • Complement TOD with additional mixed-use projects • Leverage Town and County investments to transform the pedestrian experience
• 775 Brooklyn Avenue Transit Oriented Development Transit-Oriented • Baldwin LIRR Station Plaza • Malkin Appliances Site Renovations & Mixed-Use • 1891 Grand Avenue Mixed-Use Development Development • 800 Merrick Road Redevelopment • Baldwin Business Center • 803 Foxhurst Road (NEW) • Implementation of Green Infrastructure/Storm Resiliency Downtown • Façade Improvement Revolving Loan Fund Two Fronts Initiative • Façade Renovation and Digital Sign Placemaking • Enhance Commuter Amenities • Downtown Marketing or Branding Effort & Walkability • Improve Connectivity across Sunrise Highway • Pedestrian Walkway Improvements • Baldwin Downtown Public Art Project • Baldwin Historical Society and Museum Property • Baldwin High School Gateway Improvements • Merrick Road Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Improvements • Baldwin Dog Park
TRANSIT ORIENTED & MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
765 Units • Transit Oriented 786,000 Total SF • Development Inc. 70,000 SF of Retail • Public Plaza •
45 Units • 50,000 SF 775 Brooklyn Avenue • Inc. 8,000 SF of Retail • Public Plaza •
Mixed-Use Projects North of LIRR
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